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Photographic Imaging

Description:

The Photographic Imaging curriculum provides special emphasis in several professional areas. Classroom lecture and laboratory assignments lead to the development of technical and aesthetic skills and knowledge preparing students to qualify for jobs in photographic imaging and related occupations. Students completing the Photographic Imaging program will be prepared to work as photographers, studio assistants and imaging lab technicians. Extensive darkroom, studio and imaging lab work is required, using both silver-based and digital technologies in both black and white and color.

Location or studio assignments are required in all courses. Professional practices and production are emphasized, and students are encouraged to develop artistic appreciation and imagination in their work. Upper-level courses emphasize working with advanced techniques and portfolio preparation.

Policy Regarding Student Work:

The Department reserves the right to retain all student work submitted for grading for educational use or exhibition, or to select an example or samples for its permanent collection.

Costs:

Students are required to supply, at their own expense, an approved professional quality 35mm SLR camera ($150-$300), film, paper, digital storage media, textbooks, a digital SLR camera ($500-$800) and other supplies. Approximate supply costs appear after each course description. In addition, students in large format and studio courses are required to have an incident/reflected light meter ($200-$400).

Evaluate their photographs in the context of historical and contemporary trends.

Employ current business practices as applied to photographic imaging.

Program Entry Requirements:

This program is open to interested students, assuming space is available. However, new students are normally required to take the College’s placement tests at their time of entry. Students who are identified as needing developmental course work must satisfactorily complete the appropriate English and mathematics courses as a part of their degree program.

Requirements For Graduation:

To qualify for the Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in Photographic Imaging, a student must complete at least 63 credit hours and attain a grade point average of 2.0 ("C" average).

Minimum Credits Needed to Graduate: 63

General Education Requirements:

All General Education requirements are met through required courses (as indicated above) except for the Writing Intensive requirement, Interpretive Studies requirement and the American/Global Diversity requirement. Therefore, in order to graduate, students in this program must choose one course that is designated Writing Intensive, one course that is designated Interpretive Studies and one course that is designated American/Global Diversity. The same course may be used to fulfill all three requirements. View the courses that fulfill all degree requirements and receive a more detailed explanation of the College's general education requirements to help in your selection.